Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at PAA 2026

Each year, the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) is proud to bring a wide range of innovative research to the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting. At PAA 2026 in St. Louis, LCDS researchers contribute through presentations, posters, and professional service across key areas including mortality, health inequalities, fertility, gender, labour markets, and social mobility.

To help navigate the programme (full programm here, link to https://submissions.mirasmart.com/PAA2026/Itinerary/EventsAAG.aspx), LCDS contributions are listed chronologically.

Research presentations
Thursday, May 7
8:00–9:15 AM
Session: Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality
Daniel Zazueta-Borboa
Ages and Causes of Death Contributing to Widening Educational Inequalities in Mortality in the United States

8:00–9:15 AM
Session: Health Behaviors, Health, and Mortality
Daniel Zazueta-Borboa (co-author)
Obesity and U.S. Life Expectancy in the New Era of Novel Weight Loss Medications

9:30–10:45 AM
Session: Mortality and Life Expectancy in Middle-Income Countries
Wen Su
Life Expectancy in China and the Contribution From Regional Dynamics

1:15–2:45 PM
Poster session: Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior and Reproductive Health
Daniel Zazueta-Borboa (co-author)
Structural Inequalities in Fertility and Labor Force Participation of Women in Mexico in a Low-Fertility Scenario, 2014–2023

3:15–4:45 PM
Poster session: Health and Health Behavior
Sander Wagner, with Andrea Tilstra and co-authors
The Stratification of Mental Health Penalties for Parenthood

Friday, May 8
8:30–10:00 AM
Poster session: Education, Work and Economic Inequality
Daniel Zazueta-Borboa (co-author)
Variations in Fertility and Economic Participation of Women in Mexico

9:30–10:45 AM
Session: Intergenerational Mobility, Social Origins, and Transmission of Advantage
Morten Thomsen
Intergenerational Mobility by Sexuality
11:00 AM–12:15 PM

Session: Drivers of Mortality Change and Stagnation
Wen Su
The Role of Changing Education Composition in Growing Educational Mortality Inequalities in the United States

Saturday, May 9
8:30–9:45 AM
Session: Structural Racism, Health, and Mortality
Mary Roberts
County-Level Structural Racism and COVID-19 Mortality Rates Among Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic Populations

11:30 AM–12:45 PM
Session: Gender, Work, and Demographic Outcomes
Sander Wagner
Occupation–Industry Gender Composition and Earnings

11:30 AM–12:45 PM
Session: Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health and Mortality
Ursula Gazeley (presented by co-author)
Accounting for Stillbirths in Maternal Health Metrics: A Cross-Country Analysis

Leadership, chairing, and discussion roles
Thursday, May 7
9:30–10:45 AM
Sander Wagner chairs Social and Structural Factors Influencing Mothers’ Employment Outside the Home.
11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Andrea Tilstra serves as discussant in Mortality and Life Expectancy Trends in the United States.

Friday, May 8
8:00–9:15 AM
Andrea Tilstra chairs Health Behaviors and the Life Course.

Saturday, May 9
10:00–11:15 AM
Josh Wilde and Ridhi Kashyap participate in the Meet the Editors session.

10:00–11:15 AM
Mary Roberts serves as discussant in Social Ties and Spatial Disparities in Morbidity and Mortality.

11:30 AM–12:45 PM
Andrea Tilstra serves as discussant in Context and Composition: Cross-National and Global Perspectives on Socioeconomic Health Inequality.

A strong and wide-ranging presence
Taken together, these contributions highlight the breadth of LCDS research at PAA 2026. Centre members are engaged across multiple thematic areas, including health and mortality, structural inequality, fertility, gender and labour markets, and intergenerational mobility.

Beyond individual presentations, LCDS researchers contribute through collaboration, discussion, and session leadership—demonstrating the Centre’s role as an active and visible hub within the international demographic research community.